The Premier League calendar haunted Wolverhampton Bruno Lage. Not only because of the already typical lack of long breaks that the English league offers, but also because the last two games of the team they have coached Portuguese Bruno Lage played against two of the best teams in the world: Liverpool and Manchester City. against red Jurgen Klopp scored a goal after 90 ‘, in stoppage time, and in a duel with Guardiola’s charges it was just a penalty. citizens scored the only goal in a game in which Raul Jimenez was sent off by an unusual move, with two yellow cards within a minute. One less person took 45 minutes, one less player that was available tonight for the ride to Brighton.

Even after winning a meeting, Who didn’t like Wolves was … Pep Guardiola… “It’s so difficult to play against a team that doesn’t want to play,” he stressed, adding that the opposing team was and remains “so good in defense thanks to the work of Nuno Espiritu Santo” in the team now led by Lage. … For the Wolverhampton coach, the Spaniard’s words didn’t mean much: “I don’t feel anything. He has such an opinion about us, I don’t care. This is his opinion. I respect him and his opinion. Like all the views we’ve seen since we came here. “

And so he came to Volkov and in the 17th round of the Premier League. has a total of 12 goals, only with Norwich finishing last in the championship with eight. And if it’s true, as Guardiola said, lobos they defend well (only City, Chelsea and Liverpool have conceded fewer goals) and are actually short on accurate shots: just one goal in their last five games (four no wins). And they were needed this Wednesday, because if the Wolves won, they could temporarily move to eighth place, but if they lost, the opponents would overtake Bruno Lage’s club (and the rest of the Portuguese delegation of players) in classification.

Not playing the last match due to Covid-19 cases not only in Tottenham, but also in the team Graham Potter (with “three or four cases” including striker Maupe) they played 11 games without a win, so in front of their fans, they were also looking for a precious win for the morale of their team, which started the FA very well by being one of the surprises…

Bruno Lage confirmed that the Wolves team did not have a case of Covid-19, so “in this sense, everyone is healthy” and, moreover, fully vaccinated. Turning to the game, the Portuguese coach, who asked about the path without winning in Brighton, said that football is “not about the past” and who sees “how the other team is playing.” This Wednesday is a team that, according to the Portuguese, has “good players and an experienced coach.”

The game featured Jose Sa, Ruben Neves, João Moutinho, Nelson Semedo, Trincao and Podens, with Fabio Silva on the bench. was it armada The Portuguese, who was going to play for the Wolves in order to try to regain the good results that, according to Lage, should have already happened: “Our style of work is to always improve our team. We are trying to improve our best players in the best way we know, and they are doing well. If you look at the 14 conceded goals, some of them were strange, with mistakes. silly and I think that the way we play and the odds we create, the balance is not so good because we deserve more goals. We deserve three or four more goals, but this is football. “

Football is also the number of fans that the Wolves brought to the Amex Stadium, Brighton. Three thousand, which Lage praised right in the preview: “That is why I am a happy and fortunate person who participated in this big club, worked with these players and with such support. Wherever we go, we feel that the fans are with us and we are always competing with great teams, players and coaches. This is why the Premier League is so exciting. “

The first half was exciting … apart from Brighton, who were the best team on the field in the first half. But Bruno Lage wanted to score a goal and was a center-back to make his halftime bets via Saiss.

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